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Earnings per Common Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of earnings per share, basic and diluted | A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted EPS calculations follows.
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | June 30, |  | June 30,
(In thousands, except per share data) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ | 150,277 |  |  | $ | 109,832 |  |  | $ | 308,466 |  |  | $ | 236,086 |
Preferred stock dividends |  | 4,331 |  |  | 3,920 |  |  | 8,799 |  |  | 7,317 |
Net income attributable to SLM Corporation common stock |  | $ | 145,946 |  |  | $ | 105,912 |  |  | $ | 299,667 |  |  | $ | 228,769 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares used to compute basic EPS |  | 429,278 |  |  | 435,187 |  |  | 431,911 |  |  | 434,573 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance stock units and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) (1)(2) |  | 2,975 |  |  | 4,258 |  |  | 3,322 |  |  | 4,639 |
Weighted average shares used to compute diluted EPS |  | 432,253 |  |  | 439,445 |  |  | 435,233 |  |  | 439,212 |
Basic earnings per common share attributable to SLM Corporation |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.24 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 0.53 |
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to SLM Corporation |  | $ | 0.34 |  |  | $ | 0.24 |  |  | $ | 0.69 |  |  | $ | 0.52 |
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(1) | Includes the potential dilutive effect of additional common shares that are issuable upon exercise of outstanding stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance stock units and the outstanding commitment to issue shares under the ESPP, determined by the treasury stock method.
(2) For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, securities covering less than 1 million shares, and for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, securities covering less than 1 million shares, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive.

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